Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-30
Many Augusta People on the Fair
Grounds, Thur sday.
The Baby Show an Attractive
Feature.
The Receipts Large and the Fair
a Complete Success.
Special to the Kennebec Journal. !

special 10 the henneDec journal.
READFIELD, Sept. 20.
The day has been delightful one and
here than upon any previous day. 1t is esti-
mated that fully three thousand people were
present. The first event of the day was
the delivery of
The Grafton
by Rev. E. bennett. II was scholarly
production and was delivered in a concise and
forcible manner. The next thing on the
docket and in fact one of the most pleasing
features of the whole fair was the
Baby show.
Tsn't he darling!" "What a good nat
ured child" ''What beautiful eves.' These
were few of the expressions that came
from the crowd. There were eight of them,
and finer collection of young Americans it
would have been difficult to have gathered
together. The mothers were all proud of
them and they had good reason to be. 1t
was the first baby show ever held at the fair
and the competition was for two prizes of SO
and 81 which were offered by the President
of the Association. Everyone came to see
laughing bright faced little ones and every
one-except those who had babies OF their
own at home-pronounced them the prettiest
babies they had ever seen. Their age was
limited to one year and under. The babies
exhibited were: Albert E. Gordon, Mt.
Vernon, aged months; Earnest Morgan,
Jr., Readfeld, one year old today; Levi S.
French Mt. Vernon, months: John Whit
more Hodgdon, Winthrop, weeks; Fannie
Kendall Putnam, Winthrop, 6 months; Ruth
Brown Folsom, Readfield, s months Lena
Ida Hanson, Augusta, 10 months Henry
Porter Trefethen, kents Hill, 3 months.
The judges must have been in quandry. 1t
seemed to the Journal man as ii he would
rather shell out the money TO give everyone
of them a prize than to undertake to decide
question so difficult. The judges, however,
awarded the first prize to pretty black eyed,
curly haired little Lena Ida Hanson of Au-
gusta, and the second prize to Fannie Ken
uall utUdu Vi w lutuiUp' uc DOys, ds
frequently happens in this life, got left. If
any of them should get one of those girl bs-
bies in after life, however, he will win a
prize worth having.
The Races
of the day were close and exciting The un-
fnished contest of yesterday in the the 2 so
taI
The first and third heats are the only ones
given. as the second heat was declared void
on account of running. AT the end of the
second heat Mazeppa and Jimmie p, who
had rot won heat, were withdrawn. The
following is the result of the first and third
heats:
Presto, b. s., A. NJ. Kyle, Monmouth, 3
Victoria, b. M. II. L. johnson, Au-
gusta, l |
Fanny Knox, b. M, A: NJ. Guild, Au-
gusta 2
Mazeppa. br. G., R. L. Fox, Augusta.
Jimmy P, b. G., II. H, Pulsifer, Wayne. 3
Time-2 42t, 2 46.
In the second heat Victoria came in ahead.
Her time, which was taken but not an
nounced, was said TO be 2.40.
The race for horses not entered in the 2 40
class, resulted as follows:
Gypsy, b. M, C. A. Hoyt, Winthrop, 4 8 3
Mazeppa, br. g., r, l.. Fox, Angus
ia, 4
| o. Hood, b. G, A. Hood, Wayne,
Fannie Knox, b. m., A. NJ. Guild,
augusta, 2
Baby, 2. M, j. H. Whitney, Angus
ia, 5 5
Time-2 4S, 2 81 1-2, 2.49.
The free for all race resulted as follows:
Isabelle, b. M, Geo. A. Palmer,
Dover.
Snow Bird, W. m., A. ID. Horn,
Pennington, L 2
L. H. c., br. g., NJ. C.Cleveland,
Skowhegsn, ) 3
Time--2 Al l-2, 2 SO l-2, 2,4O, PAS the
best time of the day was made by Snow Bird.
23S IL.
By far the most exciting race of the day
was in the
2.4O Glass.
The following horses were entered;
Premier, b. g., Albert Dag
gett, Manche ster, l l 3
Silver Knox, g. M, Chas.
sylvester, Augusta,
Tom Patchen, Fred Davis,
Augusta,
Time-244 1-2, 2.46, 2.4S, 2.47, 2.46,
2.45.
After passing the wire for the last time,
Premier collided with Tom Patchen. The
driver of the former horse was thrown from
his gig but escaped uninjured. The horse
ran once around the track and was stopped
near the judges stand. In the beginning of
the fifth heat q change was made in the dri-
yer of Silver Knox, Mr.. A. D. Horn of Far
mington, mounting the gig. he showed him.
self to be an excellent driver.